Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-24
The Harvey Tin Deal.

The darnev I'm DEAL
The New York Engineering and Min
ing Journal says: Our cable dispatches
from London state that the great ten
million dollar Harvey Peak tin deal is
off," which statement is supplemented
by the following ludicrous twaddle
LET us hope that the work OF devel-
opment at the mines will now be pushed
with the view of demonstrating the
existence of workable deposits, which
we believe and confidently expect will
yet be proven in Dakota We are the
more encouraged in this expectation by
the fact that several other companies
are now doing development work, and
as there are magnificent prospects In
many parts Of the territory. including
some properties held by the Harney
Peak company, we trust we shall soon
be able to record the operation Of a
successful and paying tin mine in this
country"
The CHRONICLE is slow to believe that
the deal is off. and will not accept the
statement of our New York contempora-
ra in this regard, until it has been con-
firmed by reports from sources other
than the one quoted or the London
Financial News, whose outspoken en-
nifty towards the Harvey company have
had tendency to cause us to look upon
any statements made by them concern
ing this company, with degree of
allowance bordering upon distrust. In
this instance. where every circumstance
points to the consummation of the deal,
We feel fully warranted in declaring our
undiminished confidence in the final
result of the Harvey tin deal. Follow
ing we append few of the press COM
ments taken from prominent Black
Hills papers:
Times. Dense and inexcusable ig-
norance or pure, unadulterated cussed-
ness, is betrayed by the statement made
at the outset. The Harvey tin deal is
not off," which fact absolutely estab
lished, is known by all reasonably con-
versant with mining affairs Of the coun-
try of which class the editor Of the
Journal desires to be rated The state
ment confirms strong suspicion here
tofore, that the Journal is in the paid
service of the Cornwall producers.
Democrat: This is not the first
slanderous report that paper has cir
culated regarding the tin interests of the
Black Hills, nor do we expect it to be
the last but this time the ialsehood is
so plain that none need be mistaken
The reports made by the experts who
were here recently, have not yet been
presented to the. syndicate having the
deal in charge, and it is hardly to be
presumed that a combination of capital
lists would expend several thousands of
dollars to gain information concerning
deal involving millions and then take
action before the report is made. The
Journal i'll question lied to quick That's
all.
Journal: The statement in the En-
gineering and Mining Journal regarding
the Harney tin deal, reference to which
was made Yesterday, is received here
with general incredulity There has
been much reason for belief that the
sale would would be consummated.
There has, indeed, been no reason for a
belief to the contrary. Until word of a
failure of the negotiations shall have
reaches here from source Of unques-
tionable reliability the people of the
Black Hills will refuse to accept it as
true.